life doesn’t owe you a damn thing right now.
it doesn’t owe you kindness or compassion,
it doesn’t owe you grace or mercy,
it doesn’t owe you an explanation as to why things are happening as they’re happening.
life owes you absolutely nothing, fam
zilch.
zero.
nada.
none of that may sound like a life anyone wants to live + you won’t get any argument from me there.
i mean, really — why live a life of entitlement when everything is already given to you, anyway?
life doesn’t owe you anything because it gives you everything you need + more.
when we start feeling like we are owed something, we act with expectations.
when we act with expectations, we feel entitled to a certain way of life; a certain outcome.
we may expect reciprocity in relationships. + while it’s not a farfetched feeling to have, not one person on this earth is entitled to that.
we may expect things to work out a certain way based on the actions we take when really, all things are possible. because all things are possible, there’s always a possibility that you will experience more or less than what you ever expected to experience. that’s life.
we may expect situations, people, — everything — to bend + flex for us to make us feel comfortable, forgetting we aren’t entitled to comfortability. life is an equal opportunist so experiencing comfort is just as much of a possible as experiencing dis-ease.
of course hearing this may not be ideal for us, but that’s not the point:
the point is living is a choice.
you + only you are responsible for the choices you make.
life doesn’t owe us anything, yet it abundantly + unabashedly gives us with opportunities time + time again to live the fullest, most richest experience we can possible imagine.
what more is there to ask for?
fam, right now you have all the tools, the skills, + the knowledge that you need to live the life you’ve always dreamed of living.
do you have the courage to break away from your expectations? to express gratitude for + start enjoying all that life is giving you right now?
that’s only a question you can answer.
be you, be dope!
Phylicia Sadsarin
Mindset Coach
journal prompt(s) for today:
in what ways are you allowing your expectations highjack the joy in your current life experiences?